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First Place
Paolo Pellegrin
Magnum Photos

Second Place
Tomas Munita
Freelance for The New York Times

Third Place
Paolo Marchetti
Freelance

Award of Excellence
Vincent Yu
Associated Press

Third Place
Paolo Marchetti
Freelance

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This year, the Burmese conflict takes exactly 50 years since the country is devastated by ethnic and political conflicts, in which the military dictatorship represses freedoms of the population subject to severe repression. Feeding the civil war against ethnic minorities, who slays in Myanmar, there are the interests of large multinational Indian, Chinese and Thai.For example, China has a huge contract for the dam and its hydroelectric plant on the Irrawaddy (river vital to the country, which runs through Burma to cross the border with China), which triggered the reaction of ethnic Kachin people: from here the large-scale military repression, including abuse and violence against civilians, with typical methods of "ethnic cleaning". Laying refugee camp, in the Chinese territory on the border with Burma. Asami, 77, belongs to the Lisu ethnic minority. Asami is Sinlong fled because of fighting still going on.

 

 

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